University of Minnesota Athletics
2015-16 Women's Basketball Roster
Mikayla Bailey
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-9
- High School:
- Osseo HS
- Hometown:
- Maple Grove, Minn.
Career Honors and Awards
2016
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Hustle Award (from team)
- For the Love of the Game Award (from the Fast Break Club)
2015
- Academic All-Big Ten
2014
- Academic All-Big Ten
2013
- Big Ten Freshman of the Week (11/19)
2015-16Â - Senior Season:
Played in every game, making 31 starts - named Academic All-Big Ten - received the team's Hustle Award and Fast Break Club's For the Love of the Game Award - averaged 7.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game - sixth all-time in program history for 3-pointers - set new career highs in scoring average, points, field goals and steals - tied career high with four blocks in the season - had eight games with double-digit points - ranked 15th in Big Ten in 3-pointers made - led team in scoring twice, and in assists three times - earned Big Ten Co-player of the Week honor (11/16) - recorded third career double-double with career highs in points (26) rebounds (13) and 3-pointers (6) in season opener against Wofford (11/13) - tied a career high with three steals against UW-Milwaukee (3/16) - passed career-500 point mark against Penn State (1/3) - made 3-pointer with under 30 seconds to play and grabbed final offensive rebound to seal win against Indiana (1/17) - had second game of the season with six 3-pointers and scored 22 points against Stetson (11/27) - made 100th career 3-pointer and scored 400th career point against Kent State (11/24)
2014-15 - Junior Season:
Played in 33 games and started 31, including five games playing 40-plus minutes - made a team-high 65 3-point field goals to check in at eighth in the Gophers' season record book - notched three or more 3-pointers in 12 games - averaged 34.3 minutes, 6.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game - scored 15 points at Memphis, including 4-for-8 shooting beyond the arc (11/23) - notched a season-high five assists vs. Southern (11/25) - tallied 11 points and seven rebounds against both Liberty (12/20) and Central Michigan (12/21) - reached the 200-point and 100-rebound marks vs. Liberty - posted her second career double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds at Ohio State (1/15) - scored 12 points with four 3-pointers vs. Purdue (1/22) - matched career highs and set season highs with 17 points and five 3-pointers vs. Penn State, adding six rebounds and three assists (1/28) - scored her 300th career point at Illinois (2/5) - shot 3-for-4 from 3-point range and scored 11 points at Penn State (2/15) - had 10 points, five rebounds and four assists vs. Iowa (2/17) - played all 50 minutes in a double-overtime win vs. Michigan, making three 3-pointers and grabbing five rebounds (2/21) - pulled down 10 rebounds vs. Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament (3/6).
2013-14 - Sophomore Season:
Played in 23 games for the Gophers with 11 starts - named Academic All-Big Ten - averaged 3.1 points, 1.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 0.6 steals in an average of 17.0 minutes per game - led the Gophers with a .500 (14-28) 3-point field goal percentage - ranked third on the team with 14 3-pointers and fifth with 42 assists - played in the first two games of the season before missing 11 games with illness (11/16-22) - made her first appearance since Nov. 11 vs. Oakland, scoring three points in three minutes of play - made her first start of the season at No. 13/13 Penn State (1/26) - after entering the starting lineup at Northwestern (2/15), she averaged 2.9 assists per game - posted her first-career double-double vs. SMU (3/23) with 11 points and 11 rebounds - became the first Gopher since 2010 to dish out 10 assists in a single game at Northwestern (2/15) - her 38 minutes in the start at Northwestern were a career-high - had a career game at Michigan (2/1), posting career-highs with 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting and four 3-point field goals - scored seven points in the win over Northwestern (1/12)
2012-13 - Freshman Season:
Played in 24 games for the Gophers with seven starts - averaged 2.6 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 317 minutes of action - ranked third on the team in 3-point field goal percentage (.357) and fourth in 3-point field goals made (10) - missed six games due to illness- named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Nov. 19 - connected on her first collegiate field goal in the season-opener vs. Washington State (11/10) - dished out a season-high four assists vs. Ohio (11/17)- scored a career-high 12 points vs. Maine (11/18) - pulled down a career-high six rebounds vs. Missouri (11/24) at the Cancun Challenge.
High School:
2012 graduate of Osseo High School - earned four athletic letters in basketball - 2012 Minnesota Miss Basketball candidate - led her team to the Class AAAA State Championship Game in her senior campaign - averaged 10.0 points and 2.3 assists per game in the state tournament on her way to being named to the Minnesota State High School League's All-Tournament Team - 2012 Associated Press All-State Honorable Mention selection - 2012 All-Pioneer Press Honorable Mention - three-time all-conference selection - participated in the 2012 Minnesota Girls High School All-Star Series - 2012 recipient of Osseo High School's Athena Award, given to the school's most outstanding female athlete - named her team's Best Defensive Player three-straight seasons - was named the MVP of the 2009 AAU Tournament in Nashville, Tenn. - voted onto the all-tournament team at the Hopkins Holiday Classic as a sophomore - named the Player of the Game at the Breakdown Tip Off Classic during her junior campaign - played for head coach Joey Waters at Osseo High School - also played for Bill Larson's North Tartan Nike Elite AAU, coached by Gerard Coury - was also a member of the varisty soccer team beginning in eighth grade - named her team's Rookie of the Year as an eighth grader - twice named to the all-conference team - named team captain in both basketball and soccer two-straight years - also lettered in track and field - earned the True Team Award as part of the 4x4 relay team.
Personal:
Born April 29, 1994 - daughter of Tim and Peg Bailey - has one brother, John - majoring in kinesiology.
